Keith Reeder
Watch the birdie...
Evenin' all.
Influenced by suggestions on other photography forums, I went out for a couple of hours this afternoon for another try with the 40D + 100-400mm + 1.4 TC.
Other folk have found that they can get usable AF as long as they keep away from the centre AF point, and I was interested to test this out. So with the Canon 1.4x plugged in, I hit the beach and local harbour.
And d'you know what?
It works.
It's still not as good as the 30D, but - once I got used to looking at the right AF point! - it's a million miles better than what I'd been getting using the centre AF point.
Images today were clearly softer than I get without the TC, but I reckon they're OK - 40D shots seem to sharpen up very nicely anyway - and I'm happy now that the 1.4x is worth carrying along "just in case".
I haven't tried the Kenko 1.4x yet, but that'll be next.
Influenced by suggestions on other photography forums, I went out for a couple of hours this afternoon for another try with the 40D + 100-400mm + 1.4 TC.
Other folk have found that they can get usable AF as long as they keep away from the centre AF point, and I was interested to test this out. So with the Canon 1.4x plugged in, I hit the beach and local harbour.
And d'you know what?
It works.
It's still not as good as the 30D, but - once I got used to looking at the right AF point! - it's a million miles better than what I'd been getting using the centre AF point.
Images today were clearly softer than I get without the TC, but I reckon they're OK - 40D shots seem to sharpen up very nicely anyway - and I'm happy now that the 1.4x is worth carrying along "just in case".
I haven't tried the Kenko 1.4x yet, but that'll be next.